Font

Didot. Just the word, the name, conjures visions of elegance and propriety in the heads of typographers. A go-to font for many, it has been used on magazine covers to TV shows and even chosen by CBS to be shown next to their iconic eye logo. Didot has been around since it creation in the eighteenth century by a Frenchman by the name of Firmin Didot. It is a very structured font, with an attitude all its own. The bold strokes and thin serifs give Didot is timeless look, a look that has survived…

1994 by Andy Cruz and Rich Roat. A lot of the fonts that they create have a very throwback look about them, but “House Industries actually offers a wide variety of styles” and often their typefaces are rendered from hand-drawn letterforms” (Ai Online). Here is a great example of the Retro style that House Industries has become known for, being used to promote singer Beyonce Knowles. One interesting thing that this type foundry does to promote fonts that they have created, and is a brilliant…

Letters, programs and a Laser “Without change there is no innovation, creativity or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable” (William G Pollard). If we don 't have change in our society we have no creativity and don 't think of improving. When we finally think of change there is a certainty that we can change things. One must think of many things that change by the creation of the laser printer. What would we…

15,000 - 10,000 BC The first known visual communication, with symbols discovered in the Lascaux caves in southern France. These images showed the appreciation the civilization had toward animals. 3600 BC The Blau Monument is the oldest monument known to incorporate both words and pictures. 105 AD Paper is invented by the Chinese government official Ts’ai Lun. 1045 AD Movable type is invented by Pi Sheng, this allowed individual letters to be used in printing work.…

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highlighted in red. Clicking different buttons lets you format the text of your wiki entry and add other elements, such as pictures. "Font" means the way text appears (fancy or simple, big or small, black or red, etc.). Buttons for Formatting Text Figure 6.3.2. The top line of the wiki editor displays buttons you can use to change the appearance of text (font). Formatting means specifying how text and images appear on a page. Formatting includes making text bold, italicizing it,…

missions, abilities, and details, and bullet the info using short statements. Additionally, I included a slide with multilevel bullet list since the information stated was a sub-point of a previous bullet point. I decided to change the body font from the theme font of TW Cen MT (body) to Arial since it was more…

The rule of thirds, the golden proportion, and the basic grid, are the primary methods of laying out designs. When faced with a large amount of information to present in an aesthetically pleasing format, one cannot simply follow their artistic whims. The use of specific rules to follow is important, in order to construct a clean, clear, interesting design. The point of interest is positioned based of these concepts. The most popular method is the basic grid. The basic grid is simple, clear,…

color use, font choice, or image placement, all of which help them stand out and grab the viewer's attention. As I said in the presentation itself, the content of the ads was far less important in comparison to how the ad was able to draw your attention and keep it. I also believe that my example of fonts and font styles were also very effective for the students as, the next day after the presentation, I heard students using the terms sans serif and serif while discussing what font they should…

Seeing this man who represents America is appealing to both the former comic book readers and the average everyday moviegoers. The way this advertisement can be improved if the creator stuck to, at the most, four fonts. The drastic switching between the fonts can distract some readers and make them not pay attention to what the creator wants them to notice. The advertisement effectively carries out the purpose of the poster by using multiple…